Genesis 32:8
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.In other versions
and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
ASV
And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
BBE
And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
DBY
and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."
WEB
and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it -- then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'
YLT
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and strike it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
ENG
And said, If Esau shall come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, will escape.
WBT
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
BSB
In context
6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Esau